Research
Computational Mechanics of Geomaterials
- Long-term quasi-static loading histories with occasional rapid events
- Frictional failure of non-planar interfaces
- Interaction of faulting with fluids
Earthquake Source Processes
- Interaction of earthquakes and slow slip
- Realistic fault physics including enhanced dynamic weakening
- Slip patterns on heterogeneous/nonplanar interfaces
- Supershear transition and propagation
- Linking seismological observations with source properties
Fundamentals of Sliding/Dynamic Friction
- Evolution of dynamic friction in the lab
- Microscopic basis of rate-and-state friction laws
- Upscaling of heterogeneous/non-planar interfaces
Solid-fluid Interactions
- Thermal pressurization of pore fluids
- Modeling fluid injection in the lab
- Interaction of fluid flow with shear faulting of natural faults